Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1887-10-12

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filling of the lard cans.
Do NOT forget that Miss S. B. Col
lins keeps the best grade of Wool
Zephyrs and Saxony. T
SOME young men from this town and
Clayton, have leased an upper room in
! the johnson building for a club room.
JUST received large lot of Ladies
Underwear, which you can buy cheap
at Mrs S. Z. Richards, on Market st. +
WHEN whistling winds and MUIR
dering guns bring autumn's pleasant
weather "--are about here, so are the
beagies.
Rev. HERMAN Roe addressed
meeting of Good Templars at their
lodge room at Clayton on Friday
evening.
IN the better weather of October,
the tomato growers and packers have
done much better than was expected
in September.
THE Dover District Preachers Meet
ing (cOlored) will be held in Milford on
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
October 25th, 26th and 9th.
LAST week, for preparing the ground
and seeding wheat, was all that the
farmers could desire, and the drills on
every hand were in active use.
A Mr.. BENSON, of New Castle. has
rented the rooms formerly Oocupied as
the post Office in the Johnson building
for the purpose of opening n candy
kitchen.
TWO or our young men, under the
firm name of Baldwin & Allen are
starting in the laundry business. their
place Of business being located in the
Johnson building.
THE man who never pavs his hills
promptly misses lots of rare eniOv-
ment. Old Ren. Franklin never utter
ed greater truth, and hs was counted
the Wisest man in the western hemis-
phere.
The carriage firm of Jos. L. Beckett
and Norris & Mackey have CONSOLE
dated, and will 90 into effect the first
OF November. 1t will be known as the
Smyrna Buggy Company.
AGRICULTURIsTs have long held that
It is impossible to completely eradicate
the Canada Thistle We Volunteer the
assertion that it can be done now two
out of every three times.
THERE is one problem confronting rs
the solution of which is of more impor.
lance than revised Constitution. and
that is " What are we going to do with
our surplus crop of girls ?"
J.B. COOPER and others are in the
receipt of northern apples for eating
purposes. They start at a higher
price than last year, which might indi.
cate that the crop is not so large.
L. A. COTTON will continue to sell
the new Fall and Winter Stock at cost
until further notice for cash OnLV All
persons indebted will call and settle. as
the business must be positively closed.T
WE give on our first page in Scott
Ways usual racy style, a letter that
has much information in regard to
fruit culture and other interesting fea-
lures Of California, life that will we'll
repay the time for its perusal.
THERE will be an all-dav service at
Colts. Rev. G. K. Morris pastor. on
Sunday, October 23d. Revs. J. d. g.
Hanna and r. X. Stephenson will CON.
duct the services. All are cordially
invited.
A YOUNG man from the country who
comes to town occasionally to spend
an evening with the young ladies, be-
comes 80 fascinated that his brother
has to hunt him up with a reminder
that it is bedtime.
A PUBLIC temperance meeting will
be held at the NJ. E. Church on FRIDAY
evening next, under the auspices Of
the Good Templars. Rev. WIN. s.
Robinson and other local speakers will
address the meeting.
w. r. PHILLIPS, of Milford. adver.
tIses in another column 100000 peach
trees. Mr. Phillips claims for his trees
that they are propagated with care and
budded from trees where no disease
exists. b. b. Allen is his agent here.
MossEs KERR, of Duck Creek, has
torn down the house in which he re-
sided lone Of the oldest buildings in
the town and ante-dating perhaps most
Of those in Smyrna) and is having nut
up in It's place new and comfortable
home.
THE change to cooler weather which
came with yesterday morning was a
relief to the unreasonable warmth of
the three previous days, when the Their
mOmeter registered between 8Oo and
30, giving us temperaturet that would
do for July.
IT is the custom to fatten hogs from
warm into cold weather. If this was
reversed and the fattening carried on
from cold into warm weather the saw
ing Of feed would be one-half, which in
turn would insure a gain over the whole
country Of SIS, 100000.
Miss Rosa Rand & Company, of Balti-
more, have been engaged by the Citi-
zens' Hose Company for the two first
nights after the completion Of the Town
Hall, probably the 1st and ID Of No
vember. The occasion will doubtless
attract large audiences.
SUPERINTENDENT HANDY has sold
the school books in the late State
Superintendent Office to the Anderson
Publishing Company, Of New York,
for 81 800 which was five hundred dol
lars more than was thought could be
had for them. They cost the State
about 1900.
HAVE you been to Miss s. B. Col
Inns since she came from the city and
examined her stock Of new goods? If
not Il viii pay you TO go. A better
selected stock Of Ladies' and Children's
Hosiery, Gloves. Merino Underwear,
CoFsets. &o.. cannot be found south Of
Wilmington also, Dress Trimmings,
Buttons. &c.
SATURDAY was the chiidFens phess
nutting day, and the country for sew
cral miles around the town was pretty
we'll rumDaged The aggregate Of
puts would run up into the thousands.
The crop Is much more prolihc than
last year. 'fhe iagipers around would
greatly accommodate tbs boys byquad-
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